| 2011 Texas A&M Aggies football | |
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas Champions | |
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Meineke Car Care Bowl vs. Northwestern, W 33–22 | |
| Conference | Big 12 Conference |
| 2011 record | 7–6 (4–5 Big 12) |
| Head coach | Mike Sherman (4th year) Tim DeRuyter (interim) |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple |
| Defensive coordinator | Tim DeRuyter |
| Base defense | 3–4 |
| Captain | Trent Hunter |
| Captain | Ryan Tannehill |
| Home stadium | Kyle Field (Capacity: 83,002) |
Seasons | |
| 2011 Big 12 football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #3 Oklahoma State † | 8 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #8 Kansas State | 7 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #12 Baylor | 6 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #14 Oklahoma | 6 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 5 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 4 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 4 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 3 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 2 | – | 7 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 0 | – | 9 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – BCS representative as champion As of January 7, 2012 • Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2011 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by fourth year head coach Mike Sherman during the regular season and Tim DeRuyter during their bowl game. They played their home games at Kyle Field. This was their final football season as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 4–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were invited to the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas where they defeated Northwestern 33–22.
Texas A&M sold out every home game during the season for the first time, setting new attendance records for total fans (610,283) and average fans per game (87,183) in the process.[1] The sellouts were due in large part to speculation (later confirmed) that Texas A&M would become a member of the Southeastern Conference beginning in 2012.
A week after losing the rivalry game with Texas, on December 1, 2011 head coach Mike Sherman was fired by phone while on a recruiting trip in Houston, Texas.[2] Defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter was the interim head coach for their bowl game. Sherman finished at A&M with a four-year record of 25–25. Sherman was replaced by Kevin Sumlin while DeRuyter left A&M to become the head coach at Fresno State.
Schedule[]
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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| September 4* | 6:30 PM | SMU | #8 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | FSN | W 46–14 | 86,951 | |
| September 17* | 6:00 PM | Idaho | #9 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | FSSW-PPV | W 37–7 | 86,623 | |
| September 24 | 2:30 PM | #7 Oklahoma State | #8 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | ABC | L 29–30 | 87,358 | |
| October 1* | 11:00 AM | vs. #18 Arkansas | #14 | Cowboys Stadium • Arlington, TX (Southwest Classic) | ESPN | L 38–42 | 69,838 | |
| October 8 | 6:00 PM | at Texas Tech | #24 | Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX (A&M – Tech Rivalry) | FX | W 45–40 | 58,416 | |
| October 15 | 11:00 AM | #20 Baylor | #21 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Battle of the Brazos) | FX | W 55–28 | 87,361 | |
| October 22 | 2:30 PM | at Iowa State | #17 | Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA | ABC | W 33–17 | 51,131 | |
| October 29 | 11:00 AM | Missouri | #16 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | FX | L 31–38 OT | 86,934 | |
| November 5 | 2:30 PM | at #7 Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | ABC | L 25–41 | 85,709 | ||
| November 12 | 2:30 PM | at #17 Kansas State | Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS | ABC | L 50–53 4OT | 46,204 | ||
| November 19 | 11:00 AM | Kansas | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | FSN | W 61–7 | 86,411 | ||
| November 24 | 7:00 PM | #25 Texas | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Lone Star Showdown) | ESPN | L 25–27 | 88,645 | ||
| December 31* | 11:00 AM | vs. Northwestern | Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX (Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas) | ESPN | W 33–22 | 68,395 | ||
| *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change. | ||||||||
Rankings[]
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| AP | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 16 | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches' | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 16 | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | RV | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Harris | Not released | 23 | 19 | 17 | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | Not released | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | 17 | 16 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Not released | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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